Sleepless Night At Anchor!

The wind and tide did stop apposing each other but the wind continued to blow all night making for a noisy night and little in the way of rested sleep. We were awake early and decided to get under way, it wasn't going to get better if we stayed. I was tired and took a nap down below. Larry is afraid I'll get sick again like in NY so he encouraged me. It didn't take much convincing. I don't like to leave him up above alone. It gets monotonous by oneself with no one to talk to.

With the wind blowing like it was 15 to 20 knots, Rock Point lent little to no protection at anchor. Consequently we went on to another anchorage that was new to us. We dropped our hook at Dragon Point on the Banana River. We were among several power and sail boats. This is a very popular anchorage we found. The picture is of the swing bridge on the Banana River. It connects the small island you see on the left to the main spit of land on the right. The land on the right is connected to the mainland by a high rise bridge about a mile North. We will go under that bridge in the morning.

The picture is of a yacht club or marina on the large spit of land. It looks like a well kept club but they along with the marina South of it do not allow dinghy landing. We watched several dinghies land on a small strip of sandy beach between the two of them. I guess they figure if you want to come to shore take a dock.

If you look real close you can see one of they many dolphins that swam around us all evening. We were amazed at how many there were. It's always a pleasant feeling to see them. You just know it's going to be a good day or night when they come to greet you.

Tomorrow we plan a short days travel to Titusville, were we will anchor out by the marina. It's been close to a week since we set our feet on the ground so it's time to dinghy to shore and explore. We have been to Titusville several times but have never gone to shore.